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A blog by Jose Barreto, a member of the OneDrive team at Microsoft.

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2018 3

  1. PowerShell script to check my backup by comparing file hashes
  2. OneDrive Files Restore - User Guide
  3. Path to the Server (An Ode to SMB Multichannel)

2017 3

  1. My top tweets from 2017
  2. Using PowerShell to generate a large test CSV file with random data
  3. Loading CSV/text files with more than a million rows into Excel

2016 10

  1. My top tweets from 2016
  2. Interesting OOF messages
  3. PowerShell script organizes pictures in your OneDrive camera roll folder
  4. SNIA's SDC 2016: Public slides and live streaming for Storage Developer Conference
  5. Visuality Systems and Microsoft expand SMB collaboration to storage systems
  6. Build 2016 videos related to OneDrive
  7. The ABC language, thirty years later...
  8. PowerShell for finding the size of your local OneDrive folder
  9. Perhaps OneDrive
  10. My Top Reasons to Use OneDrive

2015 28

  1. Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun
  2. Drive Performance Report Generator - PowerShell script using DiskSpd by Arnaud Torres
  3. Using PowerShell and Excel PivotTables to understand the files on your disk
  4. New PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2016 TP2 (compared to Windows Server 2012 R2)
  5. Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage PowerShell cmdlet popularity
  6. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
  7. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
  8. Do you have a suggestion? Check the User Voice sites for several Microsoft products and services
  9. Microsoft Ignite 2015 sessions related to OneDrive and SharePoint
  10. PowerShell script used in the Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS demo at MSIgnite
  11. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) and Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
  12. What’s new in SMB 3.1.1 in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2
  13. SMB3 Networking Links for Windows Server 2012 R2
  14. Storage Sessions at Microsoft Ignite. Make sure to update your schedule!
  15. The Deprecation of SMB1 – You should be planning to get rid of this old SMB dialect
  16. PowerShell Examples: Using Bing to measure the popularity of cmdlets in a specific PowerShell module
  17. PowerShell Examples – Random words and their popularity via Bing
  18. PowerShell Examples: Adventure House Game
  19. The Windows Server team is looking for feedback in the area of Storage. Fill this survey to participate!
  20. PowerShell Examples: Guess the number
  21. PowerShell Examples: Counting words in a text file
  22. PowerShell Examples: Generating Random Names
  23. PowerShell Examples: Calculating the value of Pi
  24. PowerShell Examples: Calculating Prime Numbers
  25. PowerShell Examples: Calculating very small and very large numbers
  26. New version of the Storage Spaces physical disk validation PowerShell script
  27. Case Studies on Storage Spaces, Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 or both
  28. Using PowerShell to select Physical Disks for use with Storage Spaces

2014 34

  1. Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
  2. Using PowerShell to create a custom reference for Azure PowerShell cmdlets and parameters
  3. Migrating File Servers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2
  4. Testing Windows Server and the Scale-Out File Server – What should your lab look like?
  5. Open Server Summit includes keynotes from AMD, Dell, Diablo, HP, Huawei, Intel, Lenovo and Microsoft
  6. Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides)
  7. Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
  8. SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
  9. DiskSpd, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
  10. How to use the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script with different configurations
  11. Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
  12. Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
  13. Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
  14. Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
  15. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB1 can now be completely removed
  16. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Delegation
  17. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Multi-instance
  18. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Bandwidth Limits
  19. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: SMB Witness improvements
  20. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: Scale-Out Rebalancing (per-share redirection)
  21. SMB3 PowerShell changes in Windows Server 2012 R2: Simpler setting of ACL for the folder behind a share
  22. New poster for Cloud Ecosystem: Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2
  23. PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center
  24. How the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script checks for Storage Cluster health
  25. Ten years blogging, five years on Twitter
  26. Demo details for my TechEd 2014 presentation on File Server Networking
  27. Building your schedule for TechEd 2014? Here are some Storage-related sessions!
  28. PowerShell tips for building objects with custom properties and special formatting
  29. Step-by-Step for Mirrored Storage Spaces Resiliency using PowerShell
  30. Deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Azure VMs
  31. TechEd 2014: File Server Networking for a Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure
  32. SMB Direct and RDMA performance demo from TechEd (includes summary, PowerShell scripts and links)
  33. Detailed guides for Windows Server 2012 R2 Private Cloud Storage (using SMB3 File Servers, Cluster Shared Volumes and Storage Spaces)
  34. Troubleshooting File Server Networking Issues in Windows Server 2012 R2

2013 30

  1. Storage Developer Conference - SDC 2013 slides now publicly available. Here are the links to Microsoft slides...
  2. Selecting the number of nodes for your Scale-Out File Server Cluster
  3. Automatic SMB Scale-Out Rebalancing in Windows Server 2012 R2
  4. Networking configurations for Hyper-V over SMB in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
  5. Windows Server 2012 R2: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0 or SMB 3.02) are you using?
  6. Raw notes from the Storage Developers Conference (SDC 2013)
  7. What’s new in SMB PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 R2
  8. Step-by-step for Storage Spaces Tiering in Windows Server 2012 R2
  9. Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Virtual)
  10. Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Physical)
  11. File Server Tip: How to rebalance a Scale-Out File Server using a little PowerShell
  12. Iron Networks shows a complete private cloud pod at MMS 2013 with Windows Server 2012 (Storage Spaces, SMB3, Hyper-V) and System Center 2012 SP1
  13. TechNet Radio series covers Windows Server 2012 File Server and SMB 3.0 scenarios
  14. MMS 2013 Demo: Hyper-V over SMB at high throughput with SMB Direct and SMB Multichannel
  15. Slides for the Instructor-Led Lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage from MMS 2013
  16. Q and A: I only have two NICs on my Hyper-V host. Should I team them or not?
  17. Q and A: Can I use SMB3 storage without RDMA?
  18. Q and A: Is it possible to run SMB Direct from within a VM?
  19. SQLIO, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
  20. Increasing Availability – The REAP Principles (Redundancy, Entanglement, Awareness and Persistence)
  21. Hardware options for highly available Windows Server 2012 systems using shared, directly-attached storage
  22. Hyper-V over SMB – Performance considerations
  23. Hyper-V over SMB – Sample Configurations
  24. Sample PowerShell Scripts for Storage Spaces, standalone Hyper-V over SMB and SQLIO testing
  25. Minimum version of Mellanox firmware required for running SMB Direct in Windows Server 2012
  26. How much traffic needs to pass between the SMB Client and Server before Multichannel actually starts?
  27. Is accessing files via a loopback share the same as using a local path?
  28. How to use the new SMB 3.0 WMI classes in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 (from PowerShell)
  29. How does New-SmbShare know whether the new share should be standalone, clustered or scale-out?
  30. New ESG Lab Validation Report shows Performance of Windows Server 2012 Storage and Networking

2012 40

  1. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: New per-share SMB client performance counters provide great insight
  2. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Use PowerShell to find the free space on the volume behind an SMB file share
  3. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Run the File Services Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
  4. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Avoid loopback configurations for Hyper-V over SMB
  5. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Enable CSV Caching on Scale-Out File Server Clusters
  6. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Continuous Availability does not work with volumes using 8.3 naming or NTFS compression
  7. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Disable 8.3 Naming (and strip those short names too)
  8. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Use multiple subnets when deploying SMB Multichannel in a cluster
  9. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Make sure your network interfaces are RSS-capable
  10. Windows Server 2012 File Server Tip: Switch to the High Performance power profile
  11. SNIA Tutorials cover a wealth of Storage knowledge (SNW Fall 2012 Update)
  12. Windows Server 2012, File Servers and SMB 3.0 – Simpler and Easier by Design
  13. Talks at SNW Fall 2012 in October will cover SMB Direct, Hyper-V over SMB and SMB 3.0
  14. Compilation of my live tweets from SNIA’s SDC 2012 (Storage Developer Conference)
  15. The built-in SMB PowerShell aliases in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8
  16. Test Hyper-V over SMB configuration with Windows Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation using PowerShell
  17. Windows Server 2012 Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation
  18. Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Chelsio T4 cards using iWARP – Step by Step
  19. Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-3 using 10GbE/40GbE RoCE – Step by Step
  20. Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card using iWARP – Step by Step
  21. Deploying Windows Server 2012 with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step
  22. Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – VSS for SMB File Shares
  23. The basics of SMB Multichannel, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0
  24. The basics of SMB PowerShell, a feature of Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0
  25. Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 demos at TechEd showcase File Server with multiple storage configurations and technologies
  26. File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 Europe
  27. File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America available for streaming/download
  28. Windows Server 2012 and SMB 3.0 – Understanding how SMB Transparent Failover makes file shares continuously available
  29. Microsoft Partners showcase solutions related to Windows Server 2012 at TechEd 2012 North America
  30. Windows Server 2012: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1 or SMB 3.0) are you using on your File Server?
  31. File Server team sessions at TechEd 2012 North America
  32. Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Mellanox ConnectX-2/ConnectX-3 using InfiniBand – Step by Step
  33. Deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta with SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) and the Intel NetEffect NE020 card – Step by Step
  34. Preliminary performance results with Windows Server 2012 Beta and SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA)
  35. Analyzing Storage Performance using the Windows Performance Analysis ToolKit (WPT)
  36. Windows Server 2012 – Hyper-V over SMB – Quick Provisioning a VM on an SMB File Share
  37. Windows Server 2012 Beta Scale-Out File Server for SQL Server 2012 - Step-by-step Installation
  38. Windows Server 2012 Beta - Test cases for Hyper-V over SMB (includes PowerShell examples)
  39. Using Windows PowerShell to run old command line tools (and their weirdest parameters)
  40. Bill Laing announces Windows Server 2012 Beta - Enjoy your pre-release SMB 2.2 File Server

2011 20

  1. SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference - SDC 2011 content (slides and videos) now available for download, including SMB 2.2 details
  2. Links to //build/ sessions on Storage, Networking and Hyper-V
  3. I will be speaking at the //build/ conference next month
  4. TechEd 2011 demo install step-by-step (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, iSCSI Target, File Server Cluster, SQL Server over SMB2)
  5. TechEd 2011 Session WSV317: Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services Consolidation - Technology Update
  6. File Server Team sessions at TechEd 2011 this week
  7. Diskless server boot using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target and a regular network card
  8. Using 4k sector and advanced format drives in Windows. HotFix and support info for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
  9. FSCT test results detail the performance of Windows Server 2008 R2 File Server configurations - 23,000 users with 192 spindles
  10. Updated iSCSI Initiator Users Guide for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  11. Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 for Windows Server 2008 R2 available for public download
  12. File Server improvements from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2. 8 items for 8 years…
  13. SQL over SMB2 - One of the top 10 hidden gems in SQL Server 2008 R2
  14. New white paper providing guidance for sizing NTFS volumes
  15. Ranking the SMB rules in the File Services Best Practices Analyzer tool (BPA)
  16. Great SQL Server Storage advice from a team deploying SQL with LOB apps
  17. New white paper: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Architecture and Deployment
  18. Simple SQL Server script to create a database and generate activity for a demo
  19. Currently available hotfixes for SMB and SMB2 File Server components in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  20. Programming Windows Phone 7 by Charles Petzold - Download free PDF and start developing your WP7 Apps

2010 40

  1. Lessons learned creating BingMatrix in ASP.NET and Azure (goals, http requests, threads, progress message and postbacks)
  2. BingMatrix – A Windows Azure application that provides a fun way to mine data from Bing
  3. BingMatrix updated to get parameters directly in the URL
  4. The Basics of SMB Signing (covering both SMB1 and SMB2)
  5. First impressions on Windows Phone 7 and the Samsung Focus
  6. Two new blog posts on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
  7. File and Storage FAQ in the Microsoft Community Forums
  8. How to Handle NTFS Folder Permissions, Security Descriptors and ACLs in PowerShell
  9. Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials!
  10. What version of SMB2 am I using on my Windows file server?
  11. Using PowerShell and the the iSCSI Target 3.3 WMI classes to create a differencing VHD for OS boot
  12. PowerShell cmdlets for the Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3 (included in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2)
  13. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 are available on MSDN/TechNet - here's how to install them
  14. Mapping Cluster.exe Commands to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters - Extended Edition
  15. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is now available!
  16. Notes from SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference (SDC) 2010 and CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest
  17. Random notes on Storage IO Performance
  18. New five-part blog series on DFS Replication
  19. Using the multiple NICs of your File Server running Windows Server 2008 (and 2008 R2)
  20. SNIA’s Storage Developers Conference 2010 is just a few weeks away
  21. Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2
  22. The difference between a 2TB SATA drive and the storage provided by your IT department
  23. Multiple names for one computer - Consolidate your SMB file servers without breaking UNC paths
  24. Where to find DFSUTIL.EXE for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  25. How to rename a Windows Server running DFS Namespaces (DFS-N)
  26. Microsoft Office Web Applications and https://docs.com
  27. Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services available for download
  28. Experimenting with Windows Azure and understanding its runtime environment better
  29. Examining cmdlet parameters in PowerShell V2
  30. PowerShell v2: Get-Date vs [System.DateTime]::Now - What's the difference?
  31. Using PowerShell V2 to gather info on free space on the volumes of your remote file server
  32. Experimenting with PowerShell V2 scripting, variables and control structures
  33. Comparing RPC, WMI and WinRM for remote server management with PowerShell V2
  34. Why Hyper-V VHD Files Are So Large – And How To Efficiently Copy Them
  35. Experimenting with PowerShell V2 Remoting
  36. How DFS Replication (DFS-R) secures its communication
  37. Experimenting with Visual Studio 2010 and backing up the entries on my blog
  38. Windows Storage Server 2008 and iSCSI Software Target 3.2 documentation on TechNet
  39. Unique Document URLs in MOSS 2007 and the new Document ID feature in SharePoint 2010
  40. Random thoughts and links on Storage

2009 97

  1. Presentations from Storage Developer Conference 2009 (SDC 2009) are now available for download
  2. Windows Server DFS Namespaces (DFS-N) Reference
  3. Configuring Failover Clusters with Windows Storage Server 2008
  4. Automatically uploading files from File Server to SharePoint using the File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
  5. Six Uses for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
  6. Download for Powershell v2 for Windows 7? No need... It's already there!
  7. SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Evaluation November CTP available for MSDN/TechNet Subscribers
  8. Mistakes when configuring your Hyper-V environment
  9. Scary SQL Server stuff: tombstones, phantoms, blobs, ghosts and zombies
  10. Implementing an End-User Data Centralization Solution with Folder Redirection and Offline Files
  11. SharePoint 2010 beta in November. Details and documentation right now!
  12. File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) 1.0 available for download
  13. TI-55-II calculator, the first device I ever programmed
  14. Windows Server DFS-Namespaces Performance and Scalability
  15. Experimenting with PowerShell Cmdlets, Snap-ins and Modules
  16. The good old days of CP/M 2.2 on a TRS-80 with an 8-bit Z80 CPU
  17. Strings, Arrays and Functions in PowerShell v2 (and some sample code that speaks for itself :-)
  18. Experimenting with PowerShell v2
  19. Changes in Roles, Role Services and Features from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2
  20. Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC 09) provides a snapshot of what Microsoft is up to (keynotes available for review)
  21. Five ways to check your DFS-Namespaces (DFS-N) configuration with the DFSDIAG.EXE tool
  22. Micro-blogging on Twitter: a few thoughts and tips
  23. Proud to be a Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  24. File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) Release Candidate available for download
  25. I am now on Twitter (and more active on Facebook)
  26. Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.2 available as a free download
  27. How many DFS-N namespace servers do you need?
  28. Windows Storage Server 2008 with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 available to MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers
  29. TechEd 2009 session today on Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
  30. Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) at TechEd 2009
  31. Windows Storage Server 2008 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2
  32. Using the Windows Server 2008 DFSUTIL.EXE command line to manage DFS-Namespaces
  33. RC for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 released to TechNet Plus and MSDN (includes filenames and sizes)
  34. Microsoft Management Summit 2009 keynotes available (includes updated System Center roadmap)
  35. Microsoft keynote at the RSA Conference 2009: End to End Trust
  36. Final version of Network Monitor 3.3 available for download
  37. An Open Source NFS Client for Windows
  38. Understanding Windows Server 2008 DFS-N by analyzing network traces
  39. SQL Server 2008 - Summary of Training Sessions
  40. SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS)
  41. SQL Server 2008 Tempdb
  42. SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping
  43. SQL Server 2008 Database Snapshots
  44. SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering
  45. SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring
  46. SQL Server 2008 Security
  47. SQL Server 2008 Auditing
  48. SQL Server 2008 Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
  49. SQL Server 2008 Encryption
  50. SQL Server 2008 I/O Performance
  51. SQL Server 2008 Service Broker
  52. SQL Server 2008 Database Compression
  53. SQL Server 2008 SQLOS
  54. SQL Server 2008 Merge Replication
  55. SQL Server 2008 Transactional Replication
  56. SQL Server 2008 Replication
  57. SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
  58. SQL Server 2008 Policy-based Management
  59. SQL Server 2008 DR, Testing, Waits and Queues
  60. SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Improvements
  61. SQL Server 2008 Merge
  62. SQL Server 2008 New Date and Time Types
  63. SQL Server 2008 Hierarchies and HierarchyID
  64. SQL Server 2008 Change Tracking (CT) and Change Data Capture (CDC)
  65. SQL Server 2008 XML Indexing
  66. SQL Server 2008 Client Design
  67. SQL Server 2008 Database Checking
  68. SQL Server 2008 Backup and Restore
  69. SQL Server 2008 Fragmentation
  70. SQL Server 2008 Locking
  71. Book Chapter on Improving SQL Server Performance
  72. SQL Server 2008 Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads
  73. SQL Server 2008 Statistics
  74. SQL Server 2008 Indexing for JOINs
  75. SQL Server 2008 Graphical Execution Plans
  76. SQL Server 2008 Indexing Best Practices
  77. SQL Server 2008 Indexing
  78. SQL Server 2008 File-related Optimizations
  79. To BLOB or Not To BLOB: Large Object Storage in a Database or a Filesystem
  80. SQL Server 2008 Data Compression
  81. SQL Server 2008 Pages
  82. New White Paper on Hyper-V and SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft
  83. The Basics of the Windows Server 2008 Distributed File System (DFS)
  84. Technical Articles and White Papers on SQL Server
  85. Microsoft Partners: nominate your solution for a global award!
  86. IT Administrator scripts, WMI samples and witty comments
  87. Installing Windows Server 2008 on a headless server from a USB disk
  88. Free eBook on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
  89. Can you convert an MBR disk to GPT?
  90. Step-by-step: Using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target with Hyper-V (Standalone, Full, VHD)
  91. Using a SAN with DPM 2007
  92. New Tolly Group report on the performance of SMB2
  93. We have the tools to do <it>
  94. 2008 SNIA Storage Developer Conference presentations available for download
  95. Windows Server 2008 File and Storage Solutions webcast - recording now available
  96. Webcast Series on Microsoft Virtualization
  97. Windows 7 beta 1 announced during CES keynote - includes links

2008 52

  1. Upcoming TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 File and Storage Solutions
  2. IPD Guide for DPM 2007 SP1 available for download
  3. SMB2, a complete redesign of the main remote file protocol for Windows
  4. Apply these Windows Server 2008 hotfixes to avoid known Hyper-V issues
  5. Windows Server 2008 R2 - three new documents available for download
  6. File Server performance improvements with the SMB2 protocol in Windows Server 2008
  7. TechEd 2008 ITForum, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
  8. Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1 available as a free download
  9. Watch the PDC keynote on Microsoft Windows 7 and Web applications for Office
  10. Watch the PDC keynote on Microsoft Azure, the new cloud-based service foundation
  11. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical
  12. Data Protection Manager Partner Hero
  13. Free e-learning on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008
  14. Adding Storage Management abilities to your Windows application using VDS (Virtual Disk Service)
  15. “FSCT” - A CIFS/SMB/SMB2 File Server Tool for Capacity Planning and Performance Troubleshooting
  16. Windows 7 and Cloud Services are the most frequent subjects for the PDC 2008
  17. October issue of Technet Magazine focuses on Virtualization
  18. Microsoft at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference
  19. Storage Developer Conference presentation next week
  20. The Basics of Windows Server 2008 FSRM (File Server Resource Manager)
  21. Requirements for production deployment of Exchange Server 2007 with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
  22. Windows 7 blog and PDC 2008 sessions
  23. Hotfix improves how Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster works with Hyper-V
  24. SQL Server Remote Blob Store (RBS) available as part of the Feature Pack RC0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  25. Failover Clustering for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with File Server Storage
  26. Using Constrained Delegation to remotely manage a server running Hyper-V that uses CIFS/SMB file shares
  27. Storing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V files on a CIFS/SMB file share
  28. Deep Dive into Windows Server 2008 File Services (Upcoming Level 300 Webcast)
  29. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Failover Clustering Options
  30. Windows Storage Server (and WUDSS) History at the Windows Storage Server blog
  31. TechEd 2008 - IT Professionals
  32. New Storage Server Blog
  33. Installing the VSS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008
  34. Installing the VDS Hardware Provider for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target on Windows Server 2008
  35. Exposing native SCSI as virtual IDE in Hyper-V. Should you tell Virginia that there is a SAN?
  36. New instructor-led training on Windows Server 2008 Clustering on its way
  37. The Basics of Windows Server 2008 Storage Explorer
  38. RAID configuration options for WSS and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
  39. New white paper on the advantages of a Core Install of Windows Server 2008
  40. SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering - with screenshots
  41. SNW Demo: Windows Server 2008 Core, Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
  42. SQL Server 2008 and Unstructured Data
  43. Complete reference of all STSADM operations (with parameters) in MOSS 2007 SP1
  44. More on Storage Options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
  45. Restart the VDS service after installing a VDS Provider
  46. Storage options for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
  47. Installing Hyper-V on my HP notebook
  48. Windows Server 2008 End-to-End Storage Scenarios
  49. Windows Logo Kit 1.1 and Storage
  50. https://blogs.msdn.com/clustering is restarting
  51. Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 Refresh and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Version 3.1 on a VM
  52. The Basics of Single Instance Storage (SIS) in WSS 2003 R2 and WUDSS 2003

2007 48

  1. Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
  2. High Availability Scenarios
  3. Installing the evaluation version of WUDSS 2003 (with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target) on a VM
  4. Windows Server 2008 RC1 available for download
  5. DiskShadow, the new in-box VSS requester in Windows Server 2008
  6. The Basics of the Virtual Disk Services (VDS)
  7. Storing Unstructured Data – From file servers to cloud services
  8. Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in RC0 (includes a 17-minute demonstration)
  9. Shrinking a volume in Windows Server 2008
  10. The Basics of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
  11. What kind of SharePoint site should you create?
  12. Moving to headquarters to work with the Storage Partners Team
  13. ITIL Essentials
  14. Step-by-Step MOSS Installation Videos from Rodney Viana
  15. Questions for Course 6044: Windows Server 2008 Directory Identities and Access
  16. Configuring SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring (includes 8-minute demonstration)
  17. Questions for Course 6043: Implementing Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008
  18. Comparing default services on Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2008 (Core and Full)
  19. Personalizing the Desktop on a Windows Server 2008 Server Core install
  20. Testing Windows Server 2008 using Virtual PC (step-by-step)
  21. Questions for Course 6042: Windows Server 2008 Installation and Management
  22. Comparing running processes in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs
  23. Comparing executable files in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs
  24. “Validate” in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering is your friend
  25. Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on the Windows Server 2008 June CTP (includes command-line)
  26. A Core install of Windows Server 2008 has no Explorer or MMC, but it's not character mode either
  27. Changes in Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features from the Beta 3 to the June CTP
  28. Server Manager, roles and features in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
  29. How low can Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 go?
  30. SharePoint Application Development: The Process
  31. Windows Server 2008 Training for Microsoft MVPs
  32. Q and A for Collection 5403 - Implementing Microsoft WSS 3.0
  33. Microsoft Technology Roadmap in Fortaleza, Brazil
  34. Misleading error 1418 message in SQL Server Database Mirroring
  35. Experimenting with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering in Beta 3
  36. Questions for Collection 5403 - Implementing Microsoft WSS 3.0
  37. Starting a course on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for Microsoft MVPs
  38. Searching the web for WSS v3 or MOSS 2007 sites
  39. Integrating SharePoint with other portals and web applications
  40. MOSS rich text editing from any browser with Telerik's r.a.d.Editor
  41. List of MOSS 2007 ActiveX controls (created searching the visible code)
  42. Site Directory in MOSS 2007 via a custom Search Scope
  43. Complete reference of all STSADM operations (with parameters) in MOSS 2007
  44. Crawling SharePoint sites using the SPS3 protocol handler
  45. Packaging, Deploying and Instantiating SharePoint Applications
  46. The risks around SharePoint application deployment
  47. The Case for SharePoint Applications
  48. Enabling and Disabling SharePoint Integration in Outlook 2007

2006 53

  1. Unique Document URLs in MOSS 2007
  2. Moving a content database from MOSS 2007 Beta 2 TR to RTM
  3. Starting a course on .NET Framework 2.0 Foundation for MVPs
  4. Steps to Configure a basic MOSS 2007 Farm (RTM)
  5. Changing a Site Collection URL
  6. Installing MOSS 2007 Beta 2 TR (or should I say upgrading?)
  7. Keeping up with discussions in MOSS 2007
  8. Moving your MOSS 2007 databases to a larger drive
  9. Maintaining your MOSS 2007 SQL Databases
  10. Steps to configure a basic MOSS 2007 farm
  11. Processess running on a MOSS 2007 Beta 2 box
  12. Tips for Excel Services Beta 2
  13. Two more exams...
  14. SQL Training Q&A - 8
  15. SQL Training Q&A - 7
  16. SQL Training Q&A - 6
  17. SQL Training Q&A - 5
  18. SQL Training Q&A - 4
  19. SQL Training Q&A - 3
  20. SQL Training Q&A - 2
  21. SQL Training Q&A - 1
  22. TechEd 2006 News
  23. Betas, Betas, Betas
  24. Some webcasts worth watching
  25. Jose Barreto Update - Abril de 2006
  26. Monad is now PowerShell, goes RC1
  27. Exchange Server 2007
  28. Windows Live ID
  29. Internet Explorer Beta 2
  30. Windows Vista Product Guide
  31. Internet Explorer, MS06-013, the ActiveX Update and the Compatibility Patch
  32. TechEd 2006 in Boston
  33. Outlook and SharePoint integration
  34. Virtual Server 2005 R2 now a free download
  35. New adventures of old XP
  36. Atlas? Nah... WPF/E!
  37. Update on Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server "12"
  38. Microsoft LATAM Support Team Blog
  39. Origami or UMPC
  40. Search again
  41. Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Search
  42. Cisco and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Real-Time Business Communications
  43. Exchange Server "12" Beta 1 CTP available
  44. Microsoft Office Live - Now really Live!
  45. Jose Barreto Update - Fevereiro de 2006
  46. Windows Vista product lineup announced
  47. Windows Vista February CTP - feature complete
  48. SharePoint Server 2007
  49. Unusual bevahior at the RSA
  50. IE7 Beta 2 Preview available
  51. Microsoft and Web Services
  52. Jose Barreto Update - Janeiro de 2006
  53. Update on Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, Office "12" and Exchange "12"

2005 36

  1. Jose Barreto Update - Novembro de 2005
  2. Jose Barreto Update - Outubro de 2005
  3. Dogpile
  4. Jose Barreto Update - Setembro de 2005 - Edição Especial do PDC
  5. Name and Title Change / Mudando de Nome e Cargo
  6. Jose Barreto Update - Agosto de 2005
  7. Presentations in Brazil / Palestras no Brasil
  8. Blogging in the sky / Blogging nas alturas
  9. Jose Barreto Update - Junho de 2005
  10. VS, SQL and BizTalk dates / Datas para VS, SQL e BizTalk
  11. New MSN Toolbar / Nova barra MSN
  12. Microsoft Update - Updated
  13. Lady, what's wrong with you? / Minha Senhora, Quidiabeisso?
  14. Microsoft Office Communicator 2005
  15. Office 12 XML File Formats / Formatos de arquivo XML do Office 12
  16. Quest to buy Vintela / Quest vai comprar Vintela
  17. Maestro
  18. Search techniques / Tecnicas de Busca
  19. Jose Barreto Update - Maio de 2005
  20. We don't need no stinkin' badges / Nada de cracha, meu chapa
  21. Microsoft Update
  22. SQL Server 2000 SP4
  23. Virtualization / Virtualizacao
  24. 64 bits
  25. Active Directory demo / Demo do Active Directory
  26. One more exam / Mais um exame
  27. Jose Barreto Update - Abril de 2005
  28. Another event in Fortaleza confirmed / Outro evento confirmado em Fortaleza
  29. .NET Event in Fortaleza in June / Evento .NET em Fortaleza em Junho
  30. Creating a Presentation / Criando uma Apresentacao
  31. Project Data Services
  32. Selecting topics / Selecionando topicos
  33. My .NET Presentation / Minha Palestra sobre .NET
  34. Trip to Brazil, Presentation in Fortaleza / Viagem para o Brasil, Palestra em Fortaleza
  35. New site at blogs.technet.com / Novo site no blogs.technet.com
  36. EAS Support in Windows / Suporte para EAS no Windows

2004 10

  1. Project Server 2003 Training / Treinamento para Project Server 2003
  2. Automating Certificates / Automação de Certificados
  3. DoNotAllowXPSP2
  4. MOM 2005 Preview
  5. Security for Applications
  6. Good scripting book for WSH, ADSI, WMI?
  7. Outlook 2003 and the OAB
  8. We live very interesting times
  9. Security, VHDs e Defragmentation
  10. This blog thing